Chapter 321 Nobel Prize-winning achievement: artificial synthesis of bovine insulin

When Wang Mengde said, "Science has no borders, but technology has borders."

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward.

As a relatively professional person who has received some training, Laura is not usually so impulsive.

But the bad thing was that last night, she wanted to have a deep chat with Wang Mengde, but was ruthlessly rejected. So she was in a very bad mood early in the morning.

That's why I blurted out those words just now.

She felt a little regretful after she said that, but for the sake of face, she naturally would not apologize easily.

At this time, Liu Chao stood aside and asked everyone to go into the research institute, thus breaking the awkward situation.

Because something unpleasant happened in front of the Beijing Gene Research Institute.

This visit was also hasty.

Afterwards, Thomas also privately explained Laura's special situation to Wang Mengde.

Although he knew that the WHO was forced to do so and had suffered an unprovoked disaster, Wang Mengde still did not let his guard down.

However, these people were visiting foreign guests, so he could only bear it and complete the reception work.

Coming out of the Gene Research Institute, Thomas said apologetically: "Mr. Wang Mengde, according to the plan, we will go back in a few days.

During these days in China, we have been deeply touched. We did not expect that you have spent so much time, energy and money and made so much effort in the medical and health cause.

To put it bluntly, compared with Western developed countries, China has achieved more remarkable and admirable results in many aspects.

And you have played a very important role in this. I am very sure that your achievements in the future will absolutely shock people, even though you are only in your early thirties, you have already become a Nobel Prize winner.

In a few years, he may even be one of the few medical scientists in the world who has won the Nobel Prize multiple times.”

He firmly believes that Wang Mengde will win the Nobel Prize in the future.

Apart from anything else, the fact that the painkiller can help smokers quit their addiction is worthy of a Nobel Prize.

Even if people in Europe and the United States want to suppress it, there is no way, because if Wang Mengde's invention is not much different from others, it can still be manipulated behind the scenes.

But if even this achievement cannot win the award, the credibility of the Nobel Prize will completely collapse.

"Thank you, Mr. Thomas, for your good words."

Wang Mengde said with a smile.

He himself was also very confident, and he had originally planned to use other research results to win the Nobel Prize again a few years later.

He didn't expect the painkiller to give him such a big surprise.

It seems that it won’t be long before his name appears again on the list of winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

According to news from special departments, the medical community abroad is now very active.

Most scientists in the medical field have joined the discussion on painkillers.

They don't care about the pain-relieving effect of this injection. After all, there are at least eighty products with similar effects on the market.

The main focus is on its ability to solve the addiction problem of "leaves".

Ever since humans discovered that leaves can be addictive, nothing has been found that can cure this problem.

And everyone who has tasted the 'leaves' is basically considered useless.

This makes most people want to use laws to ban this kind of thing.

If it weren't for the huge profits and other reasons, countries would have wanted to eradicate this extremely harmful thing long ago.

Now with painkillers, things are a little different.

Many scientists and celebrities have changed their attitudes and even want countries to relax restrictions.

Anyway, after smoking the "leaves" for a long time, if your body can't take it anymore, you can just use painkillers to quit.

There are many benefits to relaxing restrictions.

A big part of the reason why this thing is so expensive is because the restrictions are too severe, which leads to great risks and thus increases the cost.

If it is liberalized and becomes an ordinary commodity regulated by the market, the price will surely plummet and many families will not have to go bankrupt.

In addition, it is very suitable for paralyzing the people, becoming a spiritual support, and making society less unstable.

Of course, these are just their guesses. We will have to give it a try to see what exactly will happen.

After learning this information, Wang Mengde was a little confused.

He didn't expect that the medicine he developed would have such a big impact.

However, this situation is also a good thing for China.

As the country with the strictest policy on "leaves" in the world, without a doubt, its position will never change.

Even if all other countries in the world relax restrictions, China will not.

Although painkillers can help people quit drug addiction, long-term use of drugs still has a great impact on the body, and this impact is irreversible.

After the WHO people returned from the Beijing Genetic Research Institute, Wang Mengde did not follow them.

He went back again and found Liu Shuwei.

"Lao Liu, how is the recent research progress?"

In the office, Wang Mengde sat on a chair, holding an enamel pot in his hand, and asked Liu Shuwei sitting opposite him.

At the end of last year, after the Genetic Research Institute successfully developed the pentavalent vaccine, he assigned another research task.

Of course, relevant information was also provided and some technical guidance was given.

Last month, he came over specially and gave suggestions on some research problems.

According to his estimation, results should be seen in the near future.

Moreover, when he was accompanying the WHO personnel, they gave him a few looks and couldn't stop smiling, which clearly showed that they had good news.

"Director, even if you can't come today, I'm going to call you to report.

The time has come to harvest the artificial bovine insulin that you arranged for us to research under your guidance. We have just been preparing for the final test.

If the WHO people hadn't come to visit, we would have started a long time ago, and I have a feeling that this time it will be successful.

By the way, Director, could you please come to the lab and do experiments with us?"

Liu Shuwei said excitedly.

Last year, when Wang Mengde was treating a foreign patient, the patient was suffering from several very difficult diseases.

Among them is the very serious diabetes.

Whether in the past or in this era, diabetes is incurable. The most it can be alleviated is by taking long-term medication and leading a regular life.

At that time, after curing the patient's other diseases, he also tried to treat diabetes.

Unfortunately, with his current medical knowledge, he is unable to solve this world-class problem.

Finally, we can only advise the patient to use insulin for a long time after returning home.

After all, insulin is of particular importance in the treatment of diabetes and is the only hormone in the body that can lower blood sugar. However, natural insulin is very difficult to obtain and is expensive, so ordinary people simply cannot afford it.

Wang Mengde thought of the idea of ​​artificially synthesizing bovine insulin.

With various experiences from previous lives, other countries may need to spend countless manpower, material resources and time, but with his guidance, China does not need to take so many detours.

So he told several leaders of the Genetic Research Institute about this matter, and then the project was launched smoothly.

Sure enough, it only took about half a year, and the Beijing Gene Research Institute alone was almost able to develop the product successfully.

"Okay, let's go to the lab together."

Wang Mengde agreed readily.

He was also eager to witness the historic moment.

The artificial synthesis of bovine insulin marks the arrival of the era of artificial protein synthesis and is also an extremely important milestone in the history of the development of life sciences.

The two people arrived at the laboratory, disinfected, changed clothes, put on protective gear, and then entered the laboratory.

In the laboratory of the Beijing Institute of Genetics, a large number of advanced equipment were exchanged from abroad in the past few years using vaccines and medicines.

The equipment here is considered the most luxurious and best in China.

Wang Mengde was not very good at experiments, so he just watched from the side, while Liu Shuwei and a few others were conducting experiments nervously.

Since I have done this many times before and I am very familiar with the steps, the experiment went smoothly.

I don’t know how much time has passed, but Wang Mengde felt like a long time had passed.

Liu Shuwei was seen trying hard to suppress his excitement, and then signaled to the people around him to start taking pictures.

While waiting for the film to be developed, Liu Shuwei walked up to him and said in a trembling voice, "Director, we have succeeded in the synthesis."

As a scientific researcher, he knew what the success of artificially synthesizing bovine insulin meant.

Once this achievement is announced to the public, it will definitely cause a sensation.

"Well, Lao Liu, you guys have worked hard.

We will conduct experiments on mice later to see the final results.

If this is successful, I will ask my superiors to allocate a batch of supplies to the institute so that you can have a good taste of meat."

Wang Mengde also said happily.

With regard to the large amount of supplies donated by foreign patients, except for the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Guang'anmen Hospital, which can directly retain a portion, other medical and health units can only rely on allocation from their superiors.

Although the Beijing Gene Research Institute is a key national unit, it is currently short of supplies and has too many people and too little meat, so not much can be distributed.

It just so happened that a few patients donated a large amount of supplies in the past two days, and he also wanted to take this opportunity to seek some benefits for the Genetic Research Institute.

"It's great to have meat to eat."

Liu Shuwei and several people nearby said with shining eyes.

As technicians, they have no shortage of money, but supplies like meat are their favorite rewards.

After a while, the photos were developed at the fastest speed.

When holding the photo of the crystal clear artificial fully synthetic bovine insulin crystals in their hands, Liu Shuwei and others shed tears of excitement.

Wang Mengde had seen big scenes before, and he was almost infected and cried.

But now there are important things to do:
"Old Liu, the next step is to inject synthetic insulin and natural insulin into mice for testing.

By the way, take this photo out and show it to the comrades waiting outside the laboratory, and also report this good news to the director."

"Okay, Chief, I'll arrange it right away."

Liu Shuwei wiped his tears and then smiled.

After announcing the good news, the next step is naturally to continue the experiment.

The staff injected artificial bovine insulin and natural insulin into different mice. Soon, all the mice had convulsions.

Several people nervously recorded the various conditions of the mice.

This also proves that artificially synthesized bovine insulin has the activity of natural insulin.

"Director, it's getting late. How about we stop here for today's test and continue with the remaining tests tomorrow?"

Liu Shuwei raised his head, stretched his sore neck, glanced at the wall clock, and then suggested.

"Okay, let's stop here first. I'll come over early tomorrow morning to be with everyone."

Wang Mengde smiled and said:

"By the way, I will definitely do what I promised you about the meat."

He planned to apply to his superiors right away, and it would be best if all kinds of supplies could be brought over tomorrow so that everyone could try them.

The next few days.

The researchers from the Beijing Gene Research Institute were happily discussing while eating large pieces of beef and mutton.

"Director Wang is really very capable. He just said a few days ago that he would get us some meat, and in just one night, he already brought us so much meat."

"Yes, this is the first time in my life that I have eaten so much beef. This feeling is so blissful."

"Oops, I got something stuck in my teeth again!"

"Haven't you heard that at Guang'anmen Hospital, they can have meat every few days because of Director Wang.

During the Chinese New Year and other festivals, a lot of supplies are distributed, not only meat, but also all kinds of good things, basically all foreign products.”

"How come I haven't heard about it? One of my neighbors, who works at the hospital, brought home several kilograms of meat and many bags of supplies during the Chinese New Year.

They are all rare items that you can’t buy even if you have money in the country, but I’m so envious.”

Wang Mengde also heard about the discussions of the crowd, but he just smiled and didn't care.

After he applied to his leader a few days ago, he was approved directly.

Then a large amount of supplies were transported directly to the logistics warehouse of the Genetic Research Institute, which was enough for all employees to eat to their heart's content for a week.

If we weren't worried about the weather getting warmer and the food spoiling easily, the number would be twice as much.

"Director, after various tests, the synthetic bovine insulin is completely identical to the natural bovine insulin in terms of molecular chemistry, and is confirmed to be fully active.

Moreover, this biological activity has reached about 80% of natural bovine insulin. We have really succeeded this time."

Liu Shuwei said with messy hair and red eyes.

These days, he only slept four or five hours a day because he had to do experiments and tests, but he was very excited.

"Lao Liu, that's great. I'll report this to my superiors right away. You guys should take a good rest.

I remember that a few years ago, Nature, a top foreign journal, published a commentary saying that synthetic insulin would be a distant thing.

Hahahaha, this time, they are going to be slapped in the face."

Wang Mengde said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)